Shauna Richardson crochets beautifully crafted sculptures of animals that she calls crochetdermy
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Her work is currently in the exhibition, The Power of Making
at the Victoria and Albert Museum — via CRAFT
Dr Bunsen Honeydew of Muppet Labs doesn’t actually have eyes, but his glasses are stylin’. Craftster member djonesgirl made this crocheted model of his head so you have a place to put your glasses — via Neatorama
Glance quickly at some of the items on display at La Maison du Danemark and you might think you just saw a gun, a pair of high heels, a set of dice. Look closer, though, and you’ll see that the works are made of an unlikely material: everything is wool — via CRAFT
Want to make some super amazing Wolverine claws on the cheap? — via Instructables
A major exhibition of lace-themed artwork opened at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery over the weekend, called Lost in Lace
— via CRAFT
The gigantic, man-eating squid featured on this bag has snared a scuba diver with his chopsticks. If you think it’s hard to use chopsticks with your fingers, try doing it with tentacles — via Archie McPhee & Co
yarn bowl, originally uploaded by Christine Tenenholtz.
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: I love a good container. These yarn holding bowls from Arizona artist Christine Tenenholtz have a decidedly high end feel, yet they’re clearly made to be used, and used often. I always get excited when an artist creates something that is equal parts functional object and art piece, and these yarn bowls are a particularly beautiful example of where those two ideas meet.
You can see more of Christine’s stunning work on Flickr and her Etsy shop, Red Hot Pottery — via CRAFT
To Lithuanian artist Severija Incirauskaite, everything is an appropriate target for her needle. She cross stitches images onto car doors, old shovels, watering cans, and more. She’d probably stitch a pattern on to you if you’d hold still long enough. You can view other works by her and read an interview at the link — via Neatorama
This is a large octopus sculpture for the serious cephalopod lover! Pictures don’t do it justice. This sculpture is simply amazing — via Etsy
Just got back from Washington, DC and on the plane to Burbank I sat next to a nice fellow who took an interest in my knitting. It took me two glasses of wine and about sixteen people gasping and asking the man for his autograph before it dawned on me he might be Someone. I did not know he was Someone, I just thought he was quite a character with his red boots and his salty language. He loved my knitting and he thought it would he high-larious for an ex-Marine such as himself to take up knitting as a hobby, proving once again that yarn unites everyone — via CrazyAuntPurl
Felt Koi 5, originally uploaded by christine prusha.
Spotted in the MAKE Flickr pool, from user Christine Prusha, AKA FeltedChicken. The base, simulating water, is made from poured resin, with felted cherry blossoms sprinkled on top — via MAKE
Retired dentist Young C Park built this 1/16 scale replica of the classic WWII-era fighter plane mostly from common aluminium roof flashing, of the type sold in big rolls at most hardware stores — via MAKE
The bracelet is done with making a couple of half knots, as you would to start when making a twisted cobra stitch/Solomon bar/Portuguese sinnet, but alternating with each colour for the knots and core — via Stormdrane’s Blog
The first sentence of Precise Modeling’s articleabout this amazing creation begins, This particular Hind was flown by the Soviet Forces in Afghanistan…
Those first three words — This particular Hind
— say a lot: While most scale modellers are content to build more-or-less generic replicas of a particular make and model vehicle, Alex Sklyar, who spent about 9,000 hours over 15 years to complete this build, set out to achieve a level of detail at which the differences between one particular helicopter and another are significant and have to be considered.
Every reported fact about this model is more amazing than the last: It was begun in 1986, when much information about the Hind was still protected by the Soviet Union as military secrets. It is constructed mostly from corrosion-resistant metals: aluminium, titanium, brass, stainless steel. The pedals in the cockpit work. The tires actually have air in them. The shocks actually compress. Many of the parts were fabricated under a microscope. The list goes on and on.
The scale is 1:32, which brings the model in at just over 21.5″ in length — via MAKE
Summer may be over, but don’t put those hula hoops away just yet. Bring ’em on inside and weave a hula hoop rug with Disney Family Fun! All you’ll need is a hula hoop, about a dozen old t-shirts, and an open afternoon to make your own unique upcycled rug — via CRAFT
This is a short film shot in Perth Western Australia, on my struggle and solution to my problem with neighbourhood cats urinating on my car and property — via YouTube
Rubik’s cube is not just the quintessential hand-held puzzle, though: it’s also an iconic piece of design, so I co-opted it when making a new chest of drawers for my son’s room. This cubic piece of furniture has only one of the three required axes of rotation, so is unsolvable in the conventional sense, but can be arranged in any configuration you like by non-sporting means. The drawers do pose a brain-bending challenge: the first thing you have to solve is detecting that they’re there, and all three have hidden locks in different locations — via Instructables
Do not feed after midnight!, originally uploaded by Chelsea Bloxsom.
Fans of the 80s classic dark comedy horror film, Gremlins, will recognise this bit of advice immediately. A Mogwai is all cute and cuddly … until you get tricked in to feeding it after midnight. Flickr user, loveandasandwhich, created this awesome Gremlins applique piece, and includes a couple of in-progress shots of the fun fur making the transformation in to a Mogwai. Ahhhh … feels like 4th grade all over again — via CRAFT
Laika the dog is seriously styling in this AT-AT costume, created by Katie Mello — via Boing Boing
Fabienne made this stunning Algorithmically Morhping Scarf, based on software by Laura Kogler, on her hacked Brother KH930 Electronic Knitting Machine!
Fresh off the knitting machine is this algorithmically morphing scarf with a pattern that changes by one pixel in each repeat. The software was made by Laura Kogler and used by me with the hacked Brother KH930 I currently have. Laura Kogler’s pattern generator script is meant for mosaic knitting but I knit it as a standard two color fair isle pattern on my KH930.
— via CRAFT
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